We Were Liars

Saturday, 14 January 2017

I've wanted to read We Were Liars ever since I saw it advertised as a part of the Zoella Book Club last year. When it was reduced to just 99p on the Kobo bookstore, I couldn't resist buying it - and now as I've finished reading the book, I can finally understand (and appreciate!) what all the well-deserved hype was about.

We Were Liars follows the story of teenager Cadence Sinclair, a daughter from a privileged family who goes to visit her three best friends - Gat Jonny and Mirren, also known as the Liars - on a private island every summer. The more time they spend together, the more their friendship begins to take a destructive turn, until a revolution, a fatal accident, true love and one big, devastating secret threatens to break them all.

Favourite quotes

'Our upper lips are stiff, and it is possible that people are curious about us because we do not show them our hearts.'

Favourite character:

The four Liars: Gat, Jonny, Mirren and Cadence. Without them all, the book just wouldn't be the same.

3 words to describe the book:

Haunting, intriguing, exciting.

Rating:

✮✮✮✮/✮✮✮✮✮

The writing, the characters - I found everything about the story so intriguing, and I'm so excited to read more of E. Lockhart's books in the future (particularly The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, which I've heard lots of good things about).

By the way, if you're thinking of reading We Were Liars any time soon, the plot twist near the end of the book, which is so shocking, unexpected and made me question the entire story for a week, may give you a serious book hangover. But it's brilliant. And so clever. And for that reason alone, it's definitely worth the read.